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Son of Silas L. and Mary E. Gates, of Port Williams, King's Co., Nova Scotia. Private Gates enlisted with the 219th Battalion and trained at Aldershot. He sailed for England in October 1917 and spent two months trining at Bramshott, England. He arrived in France on December 16, 1917 and was transferred to the 85th Battalion. He fought for nine months in France. On August 10, 1918, two days after the Canadians launched their successful offensive near Amiens. Private Bates was doing scout" work when shot by a sniper. His parents would not learn of his death until after Labour Day, 1918.
His brother, Justin Gates named his son, Gerald Waldo. Sergeant Gerald Waldo Gates (R/65223) was an RCAF pilot who lost his life on September 12, 1941.
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In the Books of Remembrance
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Page 413 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LIHONS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY Somme, France
Lihons is a village and commune in the Department of the Somme on the road from Amiens to Nesle. The LIHONS FRENCH NATIONAL CEMETERY is on the north side of this road and on the west side of the Bois Crepey.
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